Born
1957-10-14 (age 68)
Birthplace
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Known For
Acting
Greg Tate
Biography
Gregory Stephen Tate (October 14, 1957 – December 7, 2021) was an American writer, musician, and producer. A long-time critic for The Village Voice, Tate focused particularly on African-American music and culture, helping to establish hip-hop as a genre worthy of music criticism. Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America (1992) collected 40 of his works for the Voice and he published a sequel, Flyboy 2, in 2016. A musician himself, he was a founding member of the Black Rock Coalition and the leader of Burnt Sugar. In 2024, Tate was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize, a Special Citation award.
Movie Appearances
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
2023
Black February: Music Is an Open Door
as Himself
TBA
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Writer
2019
Two Trains Runnin'
as Self
2016
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
as Self (Writer, Musician)
2017
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
1993
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - Musician
2019
The Last Angel of History
as Self
1996
The Real Michael Jackson
as Self
2020
Betty: They Say I’m Different
as Self
2017
Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker
as Self
2005
Sidney
as Self
2022
